Left Cape Tribulation in the rain. Stopped at Thornton beach which is supposed to be where you find bouncing rocks. Not that I could find. I reckon all the tourists must have stolen them. Still pretty beach on overcast day.
Onwards to the bug museum which was really good with the woman running it taking the kids round the display. Saw some really large bugs as big as your hand, but from Africa.
Just after the Daintree river crossing, there is a barramundi farm which offered fishing. We decided to have a go. Fishing in the rain, but all happy. Dad caught one, Estella two and Robbie is obviously the fisherman, he caught five. Even the woman running it was impressed.
Because of this we were a bit late into Mareeba, supposedly the centre for coffee growing in Australia. Also boasted 300 dry days a year. We managed to get two off days. How lucky.
Went for pub meal in really well renovated hotel. Next morning had to do our shopping in Mareeba and all of us impressed with the idea of drive through bakery.
The lady at the checkout in Coles tells Edwina of a possible cyclone causing all this rain, we decide it best to start examing some weather reports in future. Luckily the cyclone was down graded to a tropical storm and crossed the coast at Cape Tribulation. Missed it by a day!
Five Take a Drive 